50 ways to get inspired on a Friday afternoon

Educate Yourself, Fool

• TED – Everyone knows TED.
• WGBH – Online lectures galore.
• Academic Earth – TED, but nerdier.

Dig Through Archives

• AIGA Design Awards – AIGA design archive.
• LIFE Google Archive – Never-before-seen images from the LIFE photo archive.. Wonderful.
• Gutenberg Image Search – Find the most incredible visuals in the Gutenberg archive.

Identity Crisis

• Brand New – Re-branding blog.
• Logopond – Logo inspiration, community feedback and rating.
• Logo of the Day – A logo daily.
• Logo Lounge – Logo inspiration, community feedback and rating.
• Identity Archives – Identity history from around the world.
  
• Logo Design Love – Great blog on logo inspiration, history and re-branding.
• logoed –A great logo blog.
  

Interior, Craft & Industrial Inspiration

• This Ain’t No Disco – Interior design of creative agencies from around the world.
• Core77 – All things industrial.
• Instructables – Build your own hammock stand or a solar-powered hair dryer.
• Etsy – Beautiful crafts and unique gifts.
  

Take a Picture

• Tag Galaxy – Browse Flicker using galaxies of keywords.
  
• Photomicography Competition – A really cool collection of micro photography.
  

Eye Candy

• ShareSomeCandy – Designer, illustrator, photographer and typographer porn.
  
• We Heart It – Same as above.
  
• FFFFound!– Same as above, but more “exclusive” and snobby.

Visual Culture, Inspiration

• NEW Industry Arts – Interesting fashion and design feature magazine online.
• SpaceCollective – Futurism, social interaction and art. Really insightful and beautifully laid out.
• FAIRspot – General creative inspiration.
• Design and Design – Daily design feature.
• FormFityFive – Design inspiration blog.
• PSFK – News, ideas and trends.
• io9 – Futurism and cutting edge technology blog.

Get Some Fine Art & Illustration Inspiration

• bluecanvas – Inspiration for fine art aficionados.
  
• illyPads – Illustrator inspiration and tutorials.
• ArtDaily – Fine and experimental art. All the time.

For Book, Print & Packaging Nerds

• Book Cover Archive – Book nerd porn.
• Books for Design Enthusiasts – More book nerd porn.
• Lovely Package – Wonderful packaging design blog.
  

Portfolios

• Carbonmade – Portfolio hosting service and creative network.
  
• Behance– Another portfolio hosting service and creative network.

Advertising Inspiration

• Osocio – Social advertising blog.
  
• Coloribus – Advertising idea blog and database.
• Bannerblog – The granddaddy of all banner blogs.
• Creative Zone by EyeBlaster – Rich media banner inspiration.

Web & Interactive Stuff

• Design Shack – Web design inspiration.
  
• design|snips – Design inspiration.
  
• Best Web Gallery – Web design inspiration.
• Best Web Awards – Online awards, design inspiration.
  
• FWA – Bedazzled pimp cup of online awards.
  

Flash, Motion

• Ventilate – Music video, motion inspiration blog.
  
• MrDoob – Experimental flash inspiration.
  
• Michael Battle – Inspiring Flash/Papervision 3D developer.
  
• Flash Blog – All things flash blogged.
  
• Carlos Lolua – Flash/Papervision 3D inspiration.